India's Power Elite: Class Caste and Cu

India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of a feudal gentry kulaks a metropolitan business class the civil services and a cultural elite of opinion-makers. He also examines the role of caste class and culture in the emergence of a 'New India'. Aimed at the socially engaged reader this book will interest both students as well as those who wield power. About the Author SANJAYA BARU is a policy analyst writer and columnist. He has served as the editor of the Economic Times the Financial Express and BusinessStandard and the editorial-page editor of the Times of India and the Indian Express. He was the media adviser to former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the director for geo-economics and strategyInternational Institute of Strategic Studies London. He has taught at the University of Hyderabad; Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi; the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Singapore; and the Indian School of Public Policy New Delhi. His books include The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh Strategic Consequences of India's Economic Performance and1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History .